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Financing Your Film School MFA: Your Guide to Financial Aid
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Wondering when you need to get that film school application in? Below is a list of all current graduate film school deadlines as of November 2020. Be sure to add your application to our Application Tracker after you've submitted it to the school. :) PLEASE NOTE: This is a list is meant to be a...- Chris W
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How to get Into USC Film School: An Interview With an SCA Admissions Committee Member
Considered by many to be the best film school in the world, it’s no wonder why the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is so sought after by prospective undergraduate and graduate students alike. However, the film school’s prestige can often make the application process particularly stressful and... -
Q & A With Adriano Mirchou, LMU Graduate Film Production Student
Located in the hub of the film industry, Niche and Hollywood Reporter rank Loyola Marymount University among the top U.S. film schools. LMU School of Film and Television has a 12:1 student to faculty ratio with 758 undergraduate and 220 graduate students enrolled. Noteworthy alumni include...
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...
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Emerson CollegeGo if you have a sizable scholarshipUltimately glad I went, but my overall experience at Emerson felt very lackluster. The courses were good, but nothing really worth sinking almost...
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USC School of Cinematic Arts (BA/BFA)A Journey Most IlluminatingI started my USC adventure as a Theatre major. I quickly discovered that I needed to change paths, and film had always been of interest. I thought...
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London Film School (LFS) - Directing Summer School with Udayan PrasadGreat Filmmaking Intensive, Though PriceyI attended this summer program in 2019. I wanted to try out directing in an environment where I would get feedback on my work and where I could...- llueve
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Northwestern University - School of CommunicationGood for film theory, not so much for production*Please take this with a grain of salt, as I went to NU over a decade ago. While I was there: Classes in film theory and screenwriting were great...
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Film And Television Institute of IndiaGraduate Certificate, TV DirectionI was enrolled in the 1-year Direction certificate course in the TV wing in the session 2018-19. Following are the pros and cons that I...
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American Film Institute (AFI) - ProducingHi! I've been following along some applications on the page and I've seen that USC and AFI have already started interviewing. I applied to those...
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American Film Institute (AFI) - ScreenwritingHi! I've been following along some applications on the page and I've seen that USC and AFI have already started interviewing. I applied to those...
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USC Cinematic Arts - Film and Television Production (MFA)Hi! I've been following along some applications on the page and I've seen that USC and AFI have already started interviewing. I applied to those...
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Film Connection Film InstituteHello, Thanks for the review
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...God I was panicking over some typos and mistakes... Thank you so much for this post!
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...ahhh I’m currently in the middle of working on my usc screenwriting apps, and I’ve been stressing out so so much! I really needed to hear this...
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Film School MFA Acceptance Rates, Minimum GPAs, Decision Dates, and more... (UPDATED with 2020 stats)Unfortunately that's not in our tracker yet but I can add it for this year's batch of applications. That's a good idea. In the meantime I'd post...
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After Three Years of Rejection, I Got Into The Two Best Film Schools in The World. Here Are The Five Things I Learned...AMA from @Septopus7 is here...
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When all the noise went away, I asked 'why?' And that was wrong.This is so beautifully written Patrick. I just feel like giving you a tight bear hug. It is so nice to see somebody being frank and open about...
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